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WATERMELON — Continued 
IRISH GREY 90 Days 
Fruit is long oval, blunt at both ends, light greyish green color. Flesh 
is bright red, sweet, firm and very well flavored, with few seeds. The skin 
is thin but quite tough; seed white. 
KING AND QUEEN, WINTER 85 Days 
Skin is light cream with faint stripes of light green. Prolific and of excel- 
lent quality. Properly stored it will remain edible for several months. 
Good shipper. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEETS IMPROVED — WONDER MELON 86 Days 
Unsurpassed for home use or near markets. Fruit medium to large size, 
oblong, tapering slightly towards the stem end, dark green, often show- 
ing fine russeting. Flesh very bright, rich red, exceedingly sweet, crisp 
and tender. Seed white. 
KLECKLEY’S NO. 6 90 Days 
A wilt resistant variety of high quality, same type as Kleckley’s Sweet. 
Rind thin but tough, flesh free from veins or coarse strings. 
KLONDIKE, IMPROVED BLACK SEEDED 83 Days 
For genuine merit, not surpassed by any other kind. Rind dark green 
with attractive bright red flesh. Seeds small and black. 
LEESBURG, W.R. 90 Days 
A wilt resistant Kleckley’s Sweets developed by the Florida Experiment 
Station. Fruits similar to Kleckley’s Sweets but shorter and blocky ended. 
Rind dark green, flesh red, fine textured, very sweet. Seed White. 
MISSOURI QUEEN — DIXIE QUEEN, WILT RESISTANT 85 Days 
A disease resistant productive variety developed by the Missouri College of 
Agriculture. Fruit short, oval, 13 inches long, 10 to 11 inches in diameter. 
Color whitish light green with dark green stripes. Rind smooth, relatively 
thin, tough enough for easy handling and good shipping. Flesh rosy red, 
fiberless, fine grained, sweet. Seed, small white with brown tips. 
MOUNTAIN HOOSIER 90 Days 
Fruits very large, round oval with blunt ends; rind tough, dark green. 
Flesh bright red and sweet, of fine eating quality. Seeds white, edged with 
black. Weight 50 pounds. 
NEW HAMSHIRE MIDGET 65 Days 
A midget or icebox tye. Very early and very productive. Fruit 6 inches 
long by 5% inches wide, nearly round. Thin rind, tender, light green with 
dark green mottling and striping. : 
NORTHERN SWEET 75 Days 
Fruits small, nearly round, medium green with dark green stripes; rind 
very thin. Flesh very deep red, crisp, sweet, and of good flavor. Seeds 
light brown with darker edge. Fruits weigh from 10 to 12 lbs. 
PEERLESS OR ICE CREAM 84 Days 
Fruits short, oblong, medium green, with fine veining; rind thin and 
tender. Flesh bright red and very sweet; seed white. 
STONE MOUNTAIN 88 Days 
A very large, medium dark green, round melon of excellent quality. 
Flesh highly colored, very solid, with fewer seeds than most watermelons. 
It has gained a well deserved popularity in the south where the fruits 
frequently attain a weight of 60 to 80 pounds. The rind is tough enough 
Lone aS handling for nearby markets but will not stand long distance 
shipping. 
